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Instrument: Gillnet

Acronym:
 Gillnet
External Identifier:
» skos:broadMatch http://vocab.nerc.ac.uk/collection/L05/current/65/
Description

Gillnetting uses curtains of netting that are suspended by a system of floats and weights; they can be anchored to the sea floor or allowed to float at the surface. A gillnet catches fish by their gills because the twine of the netting is very thin, and either the fish does not see the net or the net is set so that it traps the fish.